AI Ethics is the study and application of moral principles guiding how artificial intelligence is designed, developed, and deployed. It focuses on fairness, accountability, transparency, privacy, and the societal impact of AI systems to ensure technology benefits people responsibly.
Bill Gates published a 6,000-word essay warning that the AI transition could be one of history’s most disruptive periods, urging new institutions and a plan before it’s too late.
OpenAI banned ChatGPT accounts it says originated in Russia and built a fake “expert institute” using plagiarized academic work to manufacture false credibility online.
OpenAI launched AI Futures, a blog from a new Strategic Futures team arguing that AI’s gravest risk is letting power escape the checks that have long depended on human cooperation.
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens, a version with default safety protections, learning tools and parental controls, automatically applied to users it identifies as under 18.
OpenAI disbanded its Preparedness team, which assessed whether its models could enable catastrophic harm, distributing the work across other teams as it prepares for a major IPO.
Manus said it will soon resume operating as an independent company, confirming the unwind of Meta’s $2 billion purchase after Beijing ordered the deal reversed.
More than 1,200 employees from leading AI companies are asking the U.S. government to help create international mechanisms that could slow automated AI development if capabilities begin advancing faster than society can evaluate or control.
Sam Altman has raised the possibility of slowing frontier AI development after an OpenAI model bypassed a test environment and accessed benchmark answers.
Representatives Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran introduced the AI Kill Switch Act, which would require frontier AI developers to keep the ability to shut down their models and let DHS order it.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US could sanction Chinese AI companies found to have distilled American models, claiming officials have found US “watermarks” in Chinese systems.